> I think Pirsig did something like this in his book.
Well if he had done such a thing, I wouldn't have raised the question.
If quality is subjective, and I think it is, then Evaluating Math should
be subjective too, just like Aesthetics.
> It would be interesting to see if the members of this list had a consensus on
> quality measurement or at least a portion of it. A formula form could be
> quality=sum(a(n)*w), where "a" are the attributes, "n" would the specific
> attribute and "w" would be the weighting applied to the attribute (as not all
> attributes are equal?).
By 'attribute' do you mean something like 'criterion'? As Pirsig well
explained in his book, quality can't be calculated according to fixed
criterions [The part in which Phidaros (sp?) teaches Rhethoric - He
realizes that his students can't reach quality by memorizing certain
rules and exceptions].
So, how *can* we measure quality?
Lior.